Accelerate Okanagan will be hosting Arlene Dickinson, star of CBC's Dragons' Den, as the keynote speaker at their second annual OKGN Angel Summit Finale.
On March 12, the final six participating companies will pitch to thirty five investors for a chance at a $150,000 investment. Then the Dragon will take the stage.
While the investors deliberate after the pitches, Dickinson will speak about her entrepreneurial journey and reveal her success formula for starting and growing a business. Dickinson, a legend in the Canadian business world, is the General Partner of District Ventures Capital. It's a fund focused on helping market, fund and grow entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial companies in the food and health space.
The Summit Finale is the culmination of a ten week program that seeks to train new angel investors in the Okanagan and improve access to capital for growing businesses.
The thirty five participating investors have been evaluated and refined from a list of forty five companies to the top twenty four. These twenty four companies participated in the quarterfinals last week, where they delivered a three minute pitch followed by a three minute Q & A.
Keep an eye on their blog for updates on the investor's progress as they narrow down the list of companies to the final six that will participate in the Finale and get a chance for the $150,000 investment.
Tickets for the OKGN Angel Summit Finale are available here. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/okgn-angel-summit-finale-tickets-89798765525